Obituary: Maria (Gila) Centrella, 96

She was born on Jan. 28, 1918 in Jersey City. She resided in Union City before moving to Oradell 55 years ago. She had a wonderful happy life filled with many loving people. She was a homemaker extraordinaire. She will be sadly missed by her children: Maria Van Tol and her husband George, Marc and his wife Connie, Anthony and his wife Catherine, Andrea Nigro and her husband Joseph, Therese Martino and her husband Ben, John and his wife Martine, and Thomas and his wife Cathy, 22 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Antoinette May, Marilyn Centrella and Margaret Gila, and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony, who died in 2006; her parents, Angelo and Clotilde Gila, her brother, Joseph and his wife Veronica, her brother Angelo, and her sister Jessie and her husband John Radossich Sr., her nephew John Radossich, Jr. and her nieces Adrienne Radossich and Patricia Stapleton.

Family and friends are invited to visit Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Volk Leber Funeral Home in Oradell. A Funeral Mass is scheduled for Aug. 21 at Joseph's RC Church in Oradell, followed by interment at George Washington Memorial Park.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101.